Mary jayne gold

Egbert H. Gold with their two sons Egbert Jr.

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Mary jayne gold

Born in Chicago in , Gold was the granddaughter of the man who invented the first cast-iron radiator, and the family grew wealthy from manufacturing steam heating systems. She relocated to Europe in the s, settling in Paris, the city glamorized for Americans in the s by the likes of Ernest Hemingway and Josephine Baker. Gold bought a large apartment in the chicest quarter of the French capital and invested in a Percival Vega Gull aircraft. Shortly after the outbreak of war, Gold donated her aircraft to the French air force as a contribution to the war effort. Gold joined the exodus out of Paris, one of an estimated two million refugees who fled the capital for the assumed safety of the countryside. But en route to Marseille, Gold had an encounter that would change her mind, and her life. In the southern French city of Toulouse, which was an assembly point for European refugees, Gold was introduced by a mutual acquaintance to Miriam Davenport, a native of Boston who had been studying in Paris. Davenport and Gold hit it off at once. She was planning to go fetch her little dog from where she had left him on the flight south, then go on to Marseille where she would cable home for money and return to the States. Neither Gold nor Davenport left France. They reached Marseille, but once there they decided against returning to the States and instead joined a cause that was virtuous but dangerous, and wildly at odds with their previous privileged and untroubled existence.

American heiress and humanitarian. Those lines were now cut off.

Crossroads Marseilles by Mary Jayne Gold. All rights reserved. I crisscrossed France, England, and northern Italy many times a year, visiting friends as well as innumerable museums and churches. I skied all winter, flew my own plane, attended too many cocktail parties and grands galas , appropriately dressed by the Paris haute couture. It was a pleasant carefree time when life went by at a more leisurely pace and there was always a room for the privileged few at the right hotel when you rolled up without reservations. Most of this came to an end when war was declared. The first year, which was called the "phony war," was rather a bore.

It was built by the Golds, who were inventors. In the s, Cornelius Gold filed a patent for heating homes with steam. His son, Stephen Gold, invented a cast iron radiator. As a young man, Egbert worked with his uncle, Edward Gold, in the family business — first in New York, then in Chicago. In , the Golds moved to Evanston.

Mary jayne gold

Many had fled there in preceding years from Germany, where oppression had mounted. Her father owned a company that manufactured radiators and heating systems. In the s, her monied background enabled her to enjoy the vibrant social scene in London and Paris. Piloting her own airplane, she traveled around Europe, spending her time at luxury hotels, skiing at the best resorts in the Alps , and socializing with the elite of the day. Gold was living in a Paris apartment in when France fell to the onslaught of the German army. She fled to the Mediterranean seaport of Marseille which, although not Nazi occupied, was under the control of the collaborationist Vichy regime. Acting as a representative of the Emergency Rescue Committee , formed in New York in , Fry was to assist Jewish and anti-Nazi artists and intellectuals in leaving France.

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He is a graduate of Syracuse University, an avid sports fan, a frequent moviegoer, and trivia buff. Erika Mann, daughter of Thomas Mann, Germany's legendary man of letters, reported that her father heard daily from persons distinguished in the arts and letters, now fugitives in France. According to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, this prompted around Americans—including journalists, museum curators, and university presidents—to form the ERC. Only those considered most at risk were given visas, and Gold became accustomed to the look of bitter disappointment on the faces of those turned away. Other anti-Nazi writers, avant-garde artists, musicians and hundreds of others desperately seeking any chance to escape France came to his door. Credit: Faulkner School yearbook, The victim let out a cry and bent over in pain, unable to move. After months of conducting harrowing operations, Gold, Fry and the others were forced to leave France in Contents move to sidebar hide. The Golds often summered in Holland, Michigan an increasingly popular vacation spot for Chicago-area residents. Fry died on September 13, , from a cerebral hemorrhage. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. In , she published a memoir about her wartime experiences, Crossroads Marseilles, Those who had arranged the luncheon in behalf of the American Friends of German Freedom gratefully endorsed the proposals from the floor. Gold never married and had no children; she died of pancreatic cancer on October 5,

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He then returned to the United States in October. He had taken shelter in the Foreign Legion because both the gang and the police were on his tracks. I think I made the offer out of impatience at delay in finding an agent Fry was impressed with Davenport. Instead of returning to the United States, Gold chose to remain in France. He was less impressed, however, the first time Davenport introduced him to her friend, Mary Jayne Gold. I skied all winter, flew my own plane, attended too many cocktail parties and grands galas , appropriately dressed by the Paris haute couture. By the time Egbert Gold, Jr. When the poor man reached nervously for his beet, with a quick thrust of his knife one of the storm troopers pinned the man's hand to the wooden table. Personal Name Gold, Mary Jayne.